Talk:Brest
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[edit]I removed: "This base is referenced in the classic submarine warfare film, Das Boot.", since I think it is not a really useful addition to the article; the Brest submarine base is probably referenced in any fiction/non-fiction work on WWII and U-boats.
Yes, I changed my mind about it and got an edit conflict! sjc
Have removed all the ambigious links to Belarus city of same name so I am setting this to a redirect to Brest, FranceAlex756
I don't see why you have removed the reference to the city in Belarus. I am restoring the old page. olivier 08:50 Apr 25, 2003 (UTC)
Origin of City Names
[edit]There are quite a few cities in different countries with the name Brest, including places where different languages are spoken. Do all the "Brests" have the same etymology, or is it only a coincidence? Stonemason89 (talk) 20:36, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
Given the wikipedia about the French Brest says: "The name of the town is first recorded as Bresta; it may derive from *brigs, a Celtic word for "hill."" and given that Celtic probably didn't influence such a wide area, it is probably an Indo-European thing. Given that I don't find any such cities outside of Indo-European areas / areas where those people emmigrated to, I conclude it is most probably not randomly chosen, but actually derived from a Proto-Indo-European word. However, I am not a linguist nor an etymologist, so... IDK. LesleyCommunist (talk) 15:34, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
Brest is, as well, a sort of a tree in slavic languages (maybe in others as wel). [1] It is not so uncommon to name a place of residence after a sort of a tree here (direct translations of Oak, Birch...). This might be the reason why there are so many more "Brests" in Poland, Slovenia, Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria than elsewhere. This is my best guess.LesleyCommunist (talk) 17:16, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
"The name Brześć comes from the word Brzost, which is a species of elm that the area was originally covered in,..." LesleyCommunist (talk) 08:30, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
Some of those cities may even have the aforementioned tree on their coats of armsLesleyCommunist (talk) 16:52, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
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